The couple is holding on to
assets of at least $240m ($741 m, according to The New York Times), and Ivanka Trump will keep a stake in the
Trump International Hotel in Washington.: photo by Mandel Ngan/AFP, 31 March 2017

Donald Trump’s daughter and son-in-law, Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner,
are retaining scores of property investments while they work in the
White House, according to financial disclosures likely to fuel concerns
over a conflict of interest.

The Associated Press reported that the couple are holding on to
assets of at least $240m while the New York Times, making a case that
Kushner will continue to benefit from most of his business empire
through a series of trusts, gave a figure of $741m.

David Smith, The Guardian, 31 March 2017

President Trump’s daughter, Ivanka, and her husband, Jared Kushner, leaving the Oval Office in February.: photo by Stephen Crowley/The New York Times, 31 March 2017

President Trump’s daughter, Ivanka, and her husband, Jared Kushner, leaving the Oval Office in February.: photo by Stephen Crowley/The New York Times, 31 March 2017

incredibly rare photo of "Bob" - seen here typing an early draft of Book Of The #SubGenius: image via Pope Phil Monty @PopePhilMonty, 26 March 2017

An aerial view of the
Facebook campus on the edge of the San Francisco Bay. The land that the
homeless encampments are on lies across the main road.: photo by Noah Berger / Reuters, 31 March 2017

The sign welcoming visitors to Facebook’s campus. The company recently said it would invest $18.5m in local affordable housing.: photo by Bloomberg, 31 March 2017

A homeless encampment near Facebook headquarters.: photo by Alastair Gee for the Guardian, 31 March 2017

Marie: The trees seem draped with human dung.

Bertolt Brecht, Im Dickicht der Städte (In the Thicket of the Cities), 1923-1924, translated by Eric Bentley as In the Swamp

The campsite is one of about 10 that dot the boggy terrain, and are a striking sight alongsidethe
brightly painted, low-slung buildings housing the multi-billion-dollar
corporation. The contrast epitomizes the Bay Area wealth gap.

Harold
Schapelhouman, a fire chief whose department has dealt with
conflagrations on the land, said he was struck by the disparities.
“Their employees are very well taken care of. They have on-site medical
facilities, dry cleaning, bicycle repair, they feed them and there are
restaurants that are there. It’s amazing what Facebook does for its
employees. And yet within eyeshot – it really isn’t that far – there are
people literally living in the bushes.”

Schapelhouman said he was not blaming Facebook, though it is true
that the success of technology companies has driven up real estate
prices in the area. As a whole, California is one of the lowest-ranking
US states for the availability of affordable housing, and has one-fifth
of America’s homeless population. Irrespective of the utopianism that
imbues Silicon Valley culture, the tech campuses are not immune to these
broader social problems.

Alastair Gee, The Guardian, 31 March 2017

The Jewish settlement of Maale Adumim. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
of Israel said on Thursday that he will approve the establishment of a
new settlement in the West Bank for the first time in decades.: photo by
Abir Sultan/European Pressphoto Agency, 31 March 2017

The Jewish settlement of Maale Adumim. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
of Israel said on Thursday that he will approve the establishment of a
new settlement in the West Bank for the first time in decades.: photo by
Abir Sultan/European Pressphoto Agency, 31 March 2017

Vice
President Mike Pence administers the oath of office at swearing-in
ceremony for the U.S. Ambassador to #Israel, David Friedman. #Trump: image via Stephen Crowley @Stcrow, 29 March 2017

A construction site in the Israeli settlement of Ma’ale Adumim, near Jerusalem, in February: photo by
Oded Balilty/Associated Press, 31 March 2017

A construction site in the Israeli settlement of Ma’ale Adumim, near Jerusalem, in February: photo by
Oded Balilty/Associated Press, 31 March 2017

A biblical scene defaced by the Islamic State in Bartella: photo by Sergey Ponomarev for The New York Times, 23 December 2016

A biblical scene defaced by the Islamic State in Bartella: photo by Sergey Ponomarev for The New York Times, 23 December 2016

A
boy mourning over the body of his father, killed by the Islamic State,
as he arrived at a field clinic near the front-lines in the battle for
Mosul. When the battle began, the government, fearing an exodus of
civilians it could not care for, urged residents to stay in their homes.
Most did, and weeks into the battle, civilians were dying in growing
numbers.: photo by Sergey Ponomarev for The New York Times, 23 December 2016A
boy mourning over the body of his father, killed by the Islamic State,
as he arrived at a field clinic near the front-lines in the battle for
Mosul. When the battle began, the government, fearing an exodus of
civilians it could not care for, urged residents to stay in their homes.
Most did, and weeks into the battle, civilians were dying in growing
numbers.: photo by Sergey Ponomarev for The New York Times, 23 December 2016

The interior of a home in Santiago de Cuba: photo by Tomas Munita for The New York Times, 22 December 2016

The interior of a home in Santiago de Cuba: photo by Tomas Munita for The New York Times, 22 December 2016

A
woman sharing a taxi ride to Santiago de Cuba. Cuba can feel like a
nation abandoned. The aching disrepair of its cities, the untamed
foliage of its countryside, the orphaned coastlines — a half-century of
isolation has wrapped the country in decay. Yet few places in the world
brim with as much life, a contrast drawn sharper amid its faded
grandeur.: photo by Tomas Munita for The New York Times, 22 December 2016

A
woman sharing a taxi ride to Santiago de Cuba. Cuba can feel like a
nation abandoned. The aching disrepair of its cities, the untamed
foliage of its countryside, the orphaned coastlines — a half-century of
isolation has wrapped the country in decay. Yet few places in the world
brim with as much life, a contrast drawn sharper amid its faded
grandeur.: photo by Tomas Munita for The New York Times, 22 December 2016

The
body of Erika Angel Fernandez, who was killed alongside her boyfriend,
Jericho Camitan, lay in the street a few hours after they were gunned
down by masked, unidentified men on Oct. 26 in Quezon City.: photo by Daniel Berehulak for The New York Times, 26 October 2016

The
body of Erika Angel Fernandez, who was killed alongside her boyfriend,
Jericho Camitan, lay in the street a few hours after they were gunned
down by masked, unidentified men on Oct. 26 in Quezon City.: photo by Daniel Berehulak for The New York Times, 26 October 2016

An
Iraqi woman lay on the ground as civilians fled Mosul on Wednesday,
while Iraqi forces advanced inside the city during fighting against the
Islamic State.: photo by Aris Messinis/Agence France-Presse, 10 March 2017

An Iraqi woman lay on the ground as civilians fled Mosul on
Wednesday, while Iraqi forces advanced inside the city during fighting
against the Islamic State.: photo by Aris Messinis/Agence France-Presse, 10 March 2017

Families
on Monday at a refugee camp in Idomeni, Greece, on the border with
Macedonia. According to the local authorities, about 12,000 refugees and
migrants remain stuck at the border as they wait to continue their
journey north into Western Europe.: photo by Dan Kitwood, 10 March 2017

Families
on Monday at a refugee camp in Idomeni, Greece, on the border with
Macedonia. According to the local authorities, about 12,000 refugees and
migrants remain stuck at the border as they wait to continue their
journey north into Western Europe.: photo by Dan Kitwood, 10 March 2017

An
Iraqi fighter in Mosul on Friday. Iraqi forces, with help from the
American military, are trying to retake the western part of city from
Islamic State militants.: photo by Ahmad Al-Rubaye/Agence France-Presse, 23 February 2017

An
Iraqi fighter in Mosul on Friday. Iraqi forces, with help from the
American military, are trying to retake the western part of city from
Islamic State militants.: photo by Ahmad Al-Rubaye/Agence France-Presse, 23 February 2017

A boy in Rimenze, South Sudan. The United Nations has issued a rare, formal famine declaration for parts of the nation.: photo by Tyler Hicks/The New York Times, 4 March 2017

A boy in Rimenze, South Sudan. The United Nations has issued a rare, formal famine declaration for parts of the nation.: photo by Tyler Hicks/The New York Times, 4 March 2017

Women
waiting in the early morning at a water collection point in a camp for
displaced people in Bentiu, South Sudan. War has driven millions from
their homes.: photo by Tyler Hicks/The New York Times, 10 March 2017

Women
waiting in the early morning at a water collection point in a camp for
displaced people in Bentiu, South Sudan. War has driven millions from
their homes.: photo by Tyler Hicks/The New York Times, 10 March 2017

A boy rides his bike through the streets of Mosul, in a neighborhood recently liberated by Iraqi forces.: photo by Felipe Dana/Associated Press, 24 March 2017

A boy rides his bike through the streets of Mosul, in a neighborhood recently liberated by Iraqi forces.: photo by Felipe Dana/Associated Press, 24 March 2017

People along National Route 1 trying to escape Boko Haram.: photo by Adam Ferguson for The New York Times, 30 March 2017

People along National Route 1 trying to escape Boko Haram.: photo by Adam Ferguson for The New York Times, 30 March 2017

People
in the Diffa region of Niger who are fleeing Boko Haram
fighters. Journalists for The Times spent weeks with them as they walked
along National Route 1.: photo by The New York Times, 30 March 2017

People in the Diffa region of Niger who are fleeing Boko Haram
fighters. Journalists for The Times spent weeks with them as they walked
along National Route 1.: photo by The New York Times, 30 March 2017

Somali
mothers tend to children at a cholera treatment center in Baidoa. A
drought is helping famine tighten its grip on Somalia, along with
Nigeria, South Sudan and Yemen.: photo by Tyler Hicks/The New York Times, 31 March 2017

Somali
mothers tend to children at a cholera treatment center in Baidoa. A
drought is helping famine tighten its grip on Somalia, along with
Nigeria, South Sudan and Yemen.: photo by Tyler Hicks/The New York Times, 31 March 2017

A woman in western Mosul shortly after one of her sons had been mortally wounded in a mortar attack by Islamic State fighters.: photo by Ivor Prickett for The New York Times, 31 March 2017

A woman in western Mosul shortly after one of her sons had been mortally wounded in a mortar attack by Islamic State fighters.: photo by Ivor Prickett for The New York Times, 31 March 2017

Civilians in western Mosul, Iraq, line up to receive aid, while war rages on.: photo by Ivor Prickett for The New York Times, 31 March 2017

Civilians in western Mosul, Iraq, line up to receive aid, while war rages on.: photo by Ivor Prickett for The New York Times, 31 March 2017

4 comments:

This song was mums favourite, when mum passed away in 1992 dad had it played at her funeral! and then it dawned on me where we were! I turned to dad and whispered "Only you could request "smoke gets in your eyes" in the fucking Crematorium! Mum would have been absolutely pissing herself laughing! God bless Mum, miss you every day.x﻿